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- [Narrator] These men and
women has made tremendous
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personal sacrifices and
have taken personal risks
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to protect our nation.
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I could not be more proud of
them and the work that they do.
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We're here to offload 14,200
pounds of pure uncut cocaine
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worth over $190 million
dollars taken from the waters
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of the eastern Pacific
Ocean and Caribbean sea
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between July and September.
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So far in fiscal year
2019, the Coast Guard
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has removed more than 150
metric tons of cocaine
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worth approximately $4.4 billion dollars
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and over the past three
years the Coast Guard
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apprehended more than
1,700 suspected smugglers
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and stopped more than 1.3
million pounds of cocaine
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from reaching our shores.